Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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